March 19, 2016. Eric died three weeks ago. His funeral was two weeks ago. We have to get out of the house, too many memories, too much pain. But where can we go? Ahh, the cabin – our escape and our refuge. Asylum. I think I drove. Someone had to have driven,...
As the 2022 year comes to an end, donors should consider how they can efficiently maximize their charitable donations for income tax purposes. EricsHouse is a qualifying 501(c)(3) charity to which donations qualify for a charitable deduction. However, claiming...
We were discussing Touchstone 1 (Open to the Presence of Your Loss) in our Men’s Group last week and it opened some questions for me. First, what is a touchstone? Though I’ve read Dr Wolfelt’s writings on the 10 Touchstones for Healing in Grief, I guess I always...
When we talk about grief as a journey it highlights the need to understand two key things about ourselves: Where we are right now Where we hope to go Alan Wolfelt describes the objective of our personal grief journey, where we hope to go, as Reconciliation. In our...
As a woman in long term recovery from alcohol and drugs it’s so important I never forget how my journey began. I was chained to the dark side for over 20 years, so the first few days; even weeks without any substances were terrifying. I had reached a point of being...
August 21, 2022 was national Fentanyl Awareness and Prevention day. This day was created by the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to help raise awareness around the Fentanyl crisis in our country. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is 50 times more potent than...
9-8-8, three digits that can be memorized with ease and quickly dialed. The new hotline has launched and it aims to strengthen the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. When someone is experiencing a mental health emergency dialing a long number and waiting to be...
Although it is clear that many men and women grieve differently (including my wife and I), I’ve never been comfortable with the idea that it’s just about grieving like a man or grieving like a woman. Even the designations of masculine or feminine grieving styles...
The arts are a tangible and sensory experience that allows one to express themselves. Creation might serve as a way to unblock, release, and illuminate emotions that may need more attention. Each individual grief journey brings forth different experiences for each...
Uvalde, Texas, is grieving. America is grieving. A single man has committed a crime of unimaginable violence, taking the lives of at least 21 people—19 of them children—and now an entire country is bereft. Whether you live near Uvalde or far away, whether you...
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